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urke Shoots 7 71 'lo "fl 71T 7 r o irmai iioitM o J j j J(s Great to lie Ciamj) Among Champion vcniiiii 'FjiiiGliO! Woods Gain 'Semis' aclde B rraK, Elks Meetlsiw fllrpon nfes &f nfpsmnn Field Cut To Only 4 1). Moon, Owens Lose Golf Hound Bob Trail became a definite fa vorite to win Ihe Elk Golf Tour nament Sunday by ousting medal 1st Dave Moon in their quarter final match it the Salem Golf Club, In the other match in the championship fllRht, Dusty Woods defeated Jack Owens to narrow the field to the final four. The other two icmifinalists in the Klki tourney are Bill Sund itrom and Barney Hodak, who played their matchei earlier In the week. Sundstrom defeated Dr. Win Necdham and Kodak beat Glenn Cushman in quarterfinal rounds. AH 21 flight) finished quarter final rounds Sunday and will com plete the semifinal action next Sunday. Frail, Woods I'eder Par Prall and Woods were both set ting a fast pace In their Sunday matchs. Prall was three under par in defeating Moon and Woods was still hotter by blazing a five under par trail in ousting Owens, who was two under par himself. The semifinal round will now send Prall against Hodak and Woods against Sundstrom. In the first flight action, Kent Meyer defeated Harry Carson, 1 up, and Dick Hiller defeated Gary (Cont. page 2, col. 3) Conley Takes Easy Workout SARASOTA, Fla. ( Gene Conley, Milwaukee Braves pitch er taking treatments for a chronic shoulder infection, did a little throwing this weekend for the first time since he was benched about two weeks ago. He lobbed a few for batting practice for a high school team here Saturday. Conley said later that his shoulder didn't bother him but that he won't be ready to pitch by opening Jay, He it being treated for chronic infec tion of the tendons of his right shoulder. Dr. Michael Dicosola of Sara soto Is currently administering heat packs to the lame shoulder.! By DON HARGER , In response to several requests for information on clam digging and the regulations governing same, we will devote most of this column to mai popular ksmiuw (. . , The following regulations governing the digging of clams is the Oregon Fish Commission's General Order No. 5, dm astr and the daily bag limit, take or catch of clams hereby authorized and permitted shall be as follows: Thirty-six (36) clams of all species in the aggregate, exclusive of razor clams and not more than 18 of which may be gaper or horse clams; provided, that in taking or digging such clams for personal use the first 36 clams regardless of size taken, dug or caught shall be counted as and shall constitute for that day the personal use bag limit authorized .and permitted under this order. Twenty-four (24) raior tlams; provided, that la taking, or digging raior clams for personal use the first twenty-four (24) rlams regardless of slue taken, dug or raughf shall be counted ns and shall constitute for that day the personnal use bag limit au thorized and permitted under this order. Artificial Light for Clams Ok eh Section IV. It is lawful at any time to take, catch or dig clams for personal use or for commercial purposes in or from any of the waters, beaches, shores or other areas of the State of Oregon and the taking, digging or catching of clams by aid of artificial light at night-haUi be understood to be lawful; provided, however, that it is unlawfulfo-iakc, catch or dig clams, except cfc-kle clams for commercial purposes in or from the Little Nestucca and Big Nes teuca Bay, Netarts Bay, Salmon river and bay, Siletz river and bay, or from any part of the shore of the ocean or beach fronting on or abutting on a slate park, or in or from what is known as the "COVE" at Seaside, Clatsop County, Oregon. And provided further, that it is unlawful to take, dig or catch gaper or horse clams for any purpose whatsoever during the period January 1 to June 30, both dates inclusive. --'-'--'--"--....,-,-:-,...,-,. Section IV. It is unlawful at any time to take, catch or dig within the State of Oregon for commercial purposes any razor clams meas uring less than four and one-quarter (4' inches in length from tip to tip of the shell. Clani Steaming Party Great Fun Now all you need is a lantern, a clam gun, a "gunny" sack .J WMM Ulm mm mUmm m limit Itf VllWtn. Tllm JllW 1. that Id. Itt the meantime you can go dig up the mud for cockle clam. It is warm enough you may even wear swim trunks and really go In after 'em. Nothing like a good mud bath to draw out the arhes and pains. Occasional persons soak their feet In good blue bay mud for hours. They say It Is a great core relict. lt har been a long time since we have joined in a gathering about a drift fire and stuffed ourselves with steamed clams. We once looked forward to two or three of these clam steamings a year. A half burlap sack of clams, a passcl of onions, a pound of butter, some sage or thyme and lots of steaming. Toss in a loaf of garlic French bread, a good beverage and have at it. It is amazing just how much a person can stow away with the salt air drifting into your lungs. Statesman, Salem, Ore., Mon., April 9, '56 (See. WV's Poxtcr , ' I ,v 1 Ih 'h: . r4's2Ss$- Dale PatUa. No. 1 catcher for the Willamette Bearcats, will see ae lioa at McCuliongh Field Tuesday alterneoa whea the BearcaU take a the siren Orefoa State Beavers. Pattoa collected two hits and four RBPt la Willamette's 1J-J wia ever Oreaoa Saturday. WUlanc ette was scheduled to play Oregon again today but the game has beea switched U Eugene Wednesday Instead. AAU Draws Rap From Ex-Miler Cunningham ST. LOUIS I Glen Cunningham, former American mile champion declared the Amateur Athletic Union needs a revamping, discarding of many of its "prehistoric thinkers" if America is to keep up with the rest of the world in athletics." . -i Revised February 28, 1956. "The taking or possession of shellfish for 'per sonal use' is contrued. and shall be understood to mean the act of taking or digging shellfish, or possessing same for ones use individually, or for the use of his family or guests, and not for sale, barter, exchange or disposition in any other manner." ' SECTION II: H is unlawful for any person to take, dig or catch shell fish for personal use in excess of the daily bag limits prescribed and designated, for any one person in any one day, Behind Plate ,. v 4 i everyone Knows Russia sup ports its athletes and permits them to lire a normal life while at the same time concentrating on their sport," the one-time world record holder said in an inter view. "Italy also has its camps for athletes. "But the minute someone like Wes Santee (America's fastest milcr) gets a bit more than a bare existence out of performing, they (the AAU) call it profession alism and ban a person for life." NCAA Rule Suggested "The sharp-eyed, - 46-year-old ex Kansas University distance star charged, "As it stands now, a? amateur gives up all his personal .privileges to the AAU and must knuckle down to their dictatorial and arbitrary dictates." , Cunningham said he didn't know what the solution might be, tut a good beginning might be made by bringing the AAU under the "NCAA. : ' "After all," he explained, "the vast majority of your athletes are in the colleges and universities and it's only natural that these institutions, with their learned men, should govern the AAU." Tindell Wins Cycle Trophy BOISE, Idaho W Don Tindell of Portland powered his bucking motorcycle around a ll'i-mile mountain course in the fastest time Sunday to win the Northwest Tourist trophy championship. His brother Ron, also of Port land, was second in the A main event, followed by Buzz Chancy of Boise. . Gene Thiessen of Portland. Ore., defending champion, was fourth. Some 1,500 spectators turned out for the event, held this year at Peaceful Cove in the mountains north of Boise. Cycles Take to Air The A-main course covered 30 laps of three eighths of a mile over bumpy country which sent the cycles flying through the air. Thirty cyclists took part. Don Tindell also won the five lap trophy dash, followed by Cha ncy and Thiessen. Chaney set a new course record of 24 seconds for one lap. Eugene Watson of Seattle won the 15-lap B-main event,' followed by Don Malone of Billings' and Jim Flatter of Portland. Other 'winners First qualify ing heat: Eldon Wright Portland; second heat: Thiessen; Third heat: Don Tindell; fourth heat: Chaney. , 1 Yn Win Over Phils 42 Dodgers Wallop Milwaukee 12-2 NEW ORLEANS - The Phila delphia Phillies knocked out Bub Turlcy in the eighth inning Sunday but a great catch by rookie cen terficlder Tony Kubek killed the rally and enabled the New York Yankees to win 4 2 in an exhibi tion played before 9,900 fans.. Elston Howard led the Yankees with three hits, all singles. Bill Skowron, who is hitting .410, belt ed a homer and a single. Dodgers Drub Braves NASHVILLE. Tenn. 1 - Scor ing six runs in the second Inning, the Brooklyn Dodgers over whelmed Milwaukee's Braves, 12 2, before an overflow crowd of 11,933 Sunday to even their spring series at four victories each. Orioles Belt liomera CORPUS CHHISTI, Tex. I -Two-run homers by Dave Philley and Bob Nelson and a bases-empty four-bagger by Tito Francona featured a 14-hit Baltimore offen sive Sunday as the Orioles defeat ed the Chicago Cubs 9-6 here in an exhibition baseball game. Cards Rally to Win MEMPHIS, Tenn. tfl - The St. Louis Cardinals rallied behind the brilliant relief pitching of Ben Flowers Sunday to beat the Chi cago White Sox, 8-6. Flowers came on in the fourth inning and blanked the White Sox the rest of the game on five hits. Giants Top Indians DALLAS, Texas Of) Catcher Ray Katt of the Giants escaped serious injury Sunday after being hit on the left temple by a pitch in the seventh inning of a game in which New York defeated the Cleveland Indians,, 10-3. Katt, struck by pitcher Art Houtteman, keeled over near home plate and was carried off the field on a stretcher. He was removed to Baylor Hospital where X-rays were negative. He never lost consciousness. Katt, who had slammed a three run homer off pitcher Bob Lemon earlier in the same to put the Giants ahead at 4-3, was wearing a protective helmet at bat. The ball, however, hit the helmet only partly. Boston Wins. 1-3 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. I - Held hilless for four innings by south paw Jim O'Reilly, the Boston Red Sox jumped on three other hurl ers for a 6-3 exhibition victory (Continued on page 2, col. 1) Skiers Snare Junior Titles SQUAW VALLEY, Calif. OH -Billy Wood! and Renie Cox, the top two U.S." junior skiers, -won the national men's and women's combined championship Sunday. The two 17-year-old easterners took top honors in American ski ing by running second in slalom competition after earlier wins in the downhill races. The women's crown went to Miss Cox, a cute blonde, from Port Leyden, N.Y. only after com plex scoring procedures showed her several points ahead of Sally Deaver, Whitemarsh, Pa. Seattle Girls Trail Madi Springer-Miller, St owe, Vt., was third in the combined women's event followed by Nonie Foley and Phyllis Simon, two Se attle skiers racing under the colors of Sun Valley, Idaho. Other results included: Men's combined: 6. Don Gas away, Tacoma, Wash. g. Don Bren, University of Washington. Women's combined: 7. Cameon Hughes, Seattle. 9. Dottie Camp bell, Seattle. Men's slalom: 4. Don Gasaway. 6 Bill Seaborne. Seattle. Women's slalom: 8. Cameon Hughes. 9. Phyllis Simon. Lulhl Shoots Uolc-ln-One The first hole-in-one of the 1956 season at the Oak Knoll Golf club was made Sunday by Pete Luthi of Salem. It was Luthi's second hole in one at Oak Knoll. He made his last one in December, 1945. The ace came on the third hole, a 113-yard drive. Luthi was play ing with Delbert Price of Mon mouth and Mclvin Harper of Sa lem. Luthi played 27 holes Sunday and on his first time around he got past the No. 3 hole in a par 3, the next time he did it in a birdie 2 and the third time tie got his ace. Bill Ashby, Oak Knoll manager, reported Sunday that the annual spring handicap tournament will begin May 6 and that all scores should be turned in by May 3 in order to line up the flights. --TV N I .....- AUGUSTA, Ga.-Jack Burke Jr. gets a big kug from bis wife, lelene. after winning the Master golf tournament here Sunday with a last round of 71 and a 29 total. Burke's total was one better Uua that ot amateur Ken Venturi who had led the field far tkree rounds. Cary MiddleeoTf placed third. (AP Wirephote.) (Picture also an Wlrephote page.) olons Open Spring Camp Drills Begin ' This Morning NAPA. Calif. - (Special) - The Salem' Senators open their 1956 spring training here Monday morn ing and if the number of players under contract means anything, it could be a successful year for the Oregon baseball club. General Manager Hugh Luby, in his sixth season with the Senators, called for the first workouts at 10 a.m. Only five days of drills will be past before the Solons play their first exhibition game here Saturday afternoon. Saturday's foe will be a familiar one Yakima a Bears, alio of the Northwest League. 29 Player Signed Twenty players were under con tract with the Senators before the first workout and more are prom ised from the Sacramento Solons and the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League and also from the New York Giants. Two vet erans, Mel Krause and Jack Dunn, will join the Senators when they return to Salem. Before playing the Yakima club in the first exhibition game, Luby wHl run the Senators through a week of batting practices, funda mentals and general conditioning. List of Players The complete list of players who are now under contract to the Sena tors and who will all be in the spring training camp by the end of the week are as follows: Pitchers - Bill (Red) Whitson, Bob Easterbrook, Ron King,; Mar ion Cowdell, Gary Espe. Gene Rod rick, Andy George, Keith Bowman, Jerry Cade and Ed Satilach. ' Catchers Harvey Koepf and Ray Zari. Infielders Alva Brown, John Henry, Frank Szekula and Roger Reimann. Outfielders Charles Miller, Garry Waldrop, Ron Stull and Harold Kirkland, ' AAU to Start Boxing Meet BOSTON I - Some 135 of the : nation's top amateurs, all hope-! ful of gaining an Olympic team berth, compete for 10 titles in the' 6Bth national AAU boxing cham pionships which get underway Monday at the Boston Garden. Teams entered are from New England, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Omaha, Neb., In-, dianapolis, Pittsburgh, Philadel-, phia. New York, South Texas, New Jersey, Detroit, Toledo and Cleveland. i Two sets of brothers are down to compete. They are Phil and Denny Moyer of Portland, Ore.,! entered in the 156-pound and 147-' pound classes, respectively, and Terrence and David Smith, of Se attle, both members of the Air Force team. Terrence is a 139 poundcr and Dave a 147 -pounder. ; Grant! Pass Takes Team Honors in Relay , MEDFORD W Grants Pass! High School won team honors j Saturday in the 17th annual Rogue 1 Valley-Relays, defeating a strong; Medford track team. Mcdford's Black Tornado per-: formers captured six events, smashing records in each, but Grants Pass had more depth for the team victory. - s First Call HUGH LUBY Calls first Senator practice OCE to Play Pacific Twice MONMOUTH (Special) The Oregon College Wolves and the Pacific Badgers will meet here Monday afternoon in a double header, The first game starts at 1:30 p.m. . Dwain Brandt, a lefthander, will pitch the first game for OCE and righthander Ted Owens will hurl the second game. Pacific won two games from Monmouth last week by scores of 5 4 and 8 3. v, -..x Si. INDOOR MOISTURE DAMPKEJS WATER WILL ROT YOUR HOME! "HOMEOWNERS" CORONET MAG. 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Portland got two in the fifth when pitcher Royce Lint smacked a pinch-hit homer. Joe Taylor Homers Seattle tied it 2-2 in the seventh on Joe Taylor's homer, and the Rainiers went ahead in the 11th on two Portland, errors by Jim Baxes. Portland came right back to tie in their half of the 11th on Jack Littrell's homer. It was the third home run In as many games for Littrell, the stocky shortstop who is replacing veteran Frankie Austin in the Bea ver infield. He hit a homer in Sat and produced a game-winning urday's 2-1 victory over Seattle, rcund-tripper In Friday's H vic tory over Hollywood. Seattle - 010 000 100 010 00-1 8 .1 Portland 000 020 000 010 00-3 12 S (Tie, 14 innings, called by agree ment) Lombard!, Judson (4), Baczew ski 47), Brenner (1) and Lohrke Robertson; Martin, Hall (61, Wai. bel (11) and Calderone, Bottler. ANGELS SMOTHERED LOS ANGELES The Holly wood Stars smothered Los Angel es 13-4 Sunday in their final Pa cific Coast League exhibition game. SEVERE DAMAGI FOUND IN HOMES LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD FROM MOISTURE Presence of Mildew fold, Clammy Floors Wet Wallpaper O Paint Peeling " " ' O Floors Buckling CO. Portland 13, Ore. on Moisture . ....Age of Home. . ...State .... In Second Pisco By HIGH Il LMRTON JR. AUGUSTA, Ga. fi Jackie Ilurke, a pro since he was II and one of the most popular guys in golf, sneaked in as winner of the 2oth Masters Sunday as front-runners Ken Vcnturt and Cary MiUdlecolf collapsed on the final round. Burke, winning his first. Masters championship, shot Ihe final round Spokes Given Money Boost 'Sportatlion' Talent . I traded by Croaby SPOKANE UK - An all-star cast, headed by home-towner-made-good Bob Crosby, staged a 14'i hour "sportuthon" which endr ed Sunday and raised nearly 930. 000 to bolster Spokane's baseball entry in the Northwest League. The overnight stint, telecast over a local TV station, starred cowboy singer Tex Ritter and baseball clown Al Schacht in ad dition to singer Crosby who acted as master of ceremonies.. Local entertainers dropped in through out the evening to appear on the how. By the time the "sportathon" closed, just in time to clear the Coliseum for the Harlem Magi cians and the New York stars basketball tilt, some 118.000 bad been pledged with more coming in. Constriction Started Henry George, president of the Spokane Indians, was on hand to receive a $25.ooo check from Ath NIc Round Table bead Joe AIM The money, pledged earlier this week, enabled the Indians to be gin construction of their new ball park. The Indian club, which last year seriously considered dropping from the class B league because of financial troubles, has cleared up outstanding debts and, with the $25,000 gift from the ART and the pledges from the "sportathon, seems to have out itself on a sound footing for the coming base ball season. Pads to Start Former Solons SAN DIEGO. Calif, un - Rook- ies Floyd Robinson and Gene Tan selli. both with Salem of the Northwest League last year, were given positions Sunday in San Di ego's lineuoa for the Paelfte rnarf League opening double-header against Los Angeles Tuesday. Robinson will be in center field In the first game and Tanselli at third base in the second. WHEN YOU New Remington "60" OR THE New Schick "25" AN Yw'vo 0 Um b Vor Whhfwnl NEW REMINGTON "60" $f)A PA or NEW SCHICK "25" ZT.DU LESS TRADE-IN FOR OLD SlCAA ELECTRIC OR BLADE SHAVER I J,UU YOU NO MONEY DOWN-JOc A WEEK! 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Venturi, the amateur sensation from San Francisco who had led from the start, finally yielded to pressure on the last day before the eyes of some 13,000 fans. lie had a last round of 84 and a Z total, just enough to save second place. Middlecoff, four strokes be hind Venturi starting the lat round and apparently the only threat to a victory for the ama teur, finished with painful 77 that gave him third place at 23 L Eight Behind at Start It was about as incredible fln- fh til Mactjkra mvmr has and there have been tome other exciting ones, Burke was eight strokes out of the lead at the start of the final round and wai barely noticetl by ' the galleries as he played in a twosome between Mid dlecoff and Venturi. Burke, a 33-year-old Texan who represents a Kiamesha Lake. N. Y., resort course on the golf cir cuit, finished second in the 1933 Masters and led on the opening round here last year. Cadd Shorts 113 He's the son of a veteran pro fessional who once was runner-up in the National Open. Jackie has won a good many run-of-the-mill tournaments, but be never before took a big title like this one, the Open or the PGA championship. Other scores Included: Sam Snead, White Sulphur Springi, W. Va. 73-7-72-71-29a. X-Rex Baxter Jr Amarillo, Tex. 76-79-79-75-309 X Bruce Cudd, Portland, Ore, 78-77-84-74-31J . X Denotes amateur. Don Olds Dies In Race Wreck PHOENIX, Ariz. (A Race- driver Don Olds of Seattle waa killed In a midget and roadster race at the state fairgrounds Sun day when his car went out of con trol and flipped him into sa adobe wall. Olds was roaring around tno north turn of the one-mile track at the halfway point of the 100 lap race when his Offenhauser racer rolled once, flipped end over-end and rolled again. M. H. Miller of Portland, Ore., owner of the Offenhauser, said uras naa anven tne car au ust year and only last "week won 140-lap race in Vallejo. Calif. 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